FP7UK Horizon 2020 Introduction Peter Walters FP7UK National Contact Point Team

http://www.ictic.org/h/v/bf.pdf

• Bound together by “The Treaty”

• Creates a budget to be spent on things which are ‘good for Europe’

• Research Framework: Strengthen the scientific & technological base of European industry and encourage Europe’s International competitiveness

• Funding for member and associated states and sometimes beyond

European Union

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:083:0047:0200:en:PDF

The 7th Research Framework Strengthen the scientific and technological base

of European industry;

Encourage Europe’s international competitiveness, while promoting research that

supports EU policies.

Grant M€ Participations Theme UK All UK All Health 670 4,000 1,419 9,554

ICT 734 6,302 1,899 17,929 All 5,205 34,160 13,451 130,889

Some Numbers (6 years)

FP7 ICT Areas of Research 2011-2013

2 Cognitive Systems and Robotics

1 Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures

3 Alternative Paths to Components and Systems

4 Technologies for Digital Content and Languages Fu

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5. ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance

6. ICT for a low carbon economy

7. ICT for the Enterprise and Manufacturing

8. ICT for Learning and Access to Cultural Resources

Socio-economic goals

Green Car Energy Efficient Buildings

Factory of the Future

Public Private Partnerships

Future Internet

Competitiveness & Innovation Programme

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP)

Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT-PSP)

Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE)

2007 to 2013 - overall budget 3.6 B€

And getting some money to help you do it

Co-operation

• Doing something you want to do • Access to missing skills • Achieving new things • Obtaining a different viewpoint • Sharing development costs • Building broader networks • Learning about others • To underpin a product that you can sell

Collaboration

At least 3 Independent Partners from 3 different countries

NB For some support measures a single participant is sufficient

Collaboration Not Limited to European States

Collaboration – Why do it?

• Extends field of Impact & Influence • Expands context for R&D activity – better overall

knowledge • Benefit from others’ efforts in same direction ->

Leverage • Raises profile • Staff retention – more interesting and varied work

context • Fosters links into other parts of supply chain at technical

level • Business development opportunities

Helen Finch: Infineon Technologies UK. Ltd

Results (FP7 ICT Call 1) Failure:

Ineligible

Low Quality

Low Budget

Success:

Retained for negotiation

Below Thresholds 1012

Eligible For Funding 884

Retained 317

Low Budget

Winning Understand the Workprogramme Understand The Commission Go to Commission events Get into dialog with Commission Officers Talk to your NCP Start Early Become an evaluator

EFFORT, DEDICATION, COMMITMENT

The 7th Research Framework Strengthen the scientific and technological base

of European industry;

Encourage Europe’s international competitiveness, while promoting research that supports EU

policies. Some Numbers:

Total Budget 52 B€ ICT Budget 9.2 B€

1900 UK Participations Grant ~ 750 M € Duration 7 Years 2007 - 2013

• Poor industrial impact • Long time to Grant • SME Hostile • Bureaucratic

The future

“As in a glass darkly”

What is new? • A single programme (FP7 + CIP + EIT) • Strong focus on societal challenges (game changing for ICT…)

• More innovation • Reaching out to non-traditional actors • More risk taking • Strengthened support for high-tech SMEs • More open, light & fast schemes • Budget 79 B € (at current prices)

Innovation

• Activities directly aiming at producing plans and arrangements for new, altered or improved products, processes or services

• May include: Protyping, Testing, Demonstrating, Piloting, Large-scale product validation and Market replication

Research & Innovation

• Activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution.

• May include: basic and applied research, technology development and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment

H2020: What’s Important?

Societal Challenges Industrial leadership Excellent Science

Generation of H2020

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Horizon 2020 Legislation

Commission

Council European Parliament

Commission Communication The proposal

On 25 June 2013, political agreement was reached

Multi-annual Work Programmes (with indicative budget)

Programme Committees

Member State oversight

Independent expert input

Advisory Groups & Stakeholder Groups

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-documents

Establishing Regulation

Rules for the participation and dissemination

Specific programme

The three documents

Main elements of H2020 compromise

A simple funding model: • 100% Direct Costs + 25%.........

Faster time to grant, Less audits • Time-to-grant of 8 months ("5 + 3 months”)

Dedication of budgets to key topics • SME Research & Innovation, Energy and FET

Fast Track to Innovation Pilot: • A Fast Track to Innovation pilot is to be launched in 2015 :

Derogations from the Rules of Participation for JTIs Revenues and repayments of the financial instruments

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What sort of projects? • Collaborative Projects:

– CP 100% / 70% LARGE / SMALL – Public Private Partnerships, – Joint Technology Initiatives – MS Collaborative ERANET, FET Flagships – Pilots A?, B

• Coordination & Support aka CSA,….. • Market stimulation

– Pre Commercial Procurement – Public Procurement of Innovation

• ETC: – Prizes, IP, International Cooperation, Financial Support, FET Proactive, …

• Continuous submission: – FET(open), Fast Innovation(2015 ----), SME

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/WP_participants.ppt

IMI > IMI 2, ENIAC + ARTEMIS > ECSEL

Think SBRI

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SME instrument in Horizon 2020

SME support: integrated approach

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Eurostars II Enhancing Innovation Capacity

Market-driven Innovation

Access to Risk Finance

SME instrument Collaborative projects

20 % budgetary target in

Industrial & Social

'Innovation in SMEs'

IDEA business coaching throughout the project MARKET

? Concept & Feasibility

Assessment

Demonstration Market Replication

Research Development

Commercialisation

SME window EU financial facilities

Procurement

SME instrument

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10 Page proposal 50 k€ Grant 10% success rate Delivers Business plan etc

From Business plan etc 1 – 5 M€ Grant 50% success rate

No Direct Financial support Mentoring etc by Support Projects

Gotchas: Money to SMEs Only Strict limit on no of applications by given company